5. Also … We just don’t make child stars like we used to. Beloved child actress and two-time ambassador Shirley Temple has died. Watch a tribute. Everyone likes to get followed on Twitter. But what about when a dead coworker follows you? How did AOL CEO Tim Armstrong even know about those “distressed babies”? Here’s how. A news anchor mistook Samuel L. Jackson for Laurence Fishburne. Jackson wasn’t enthused. The man many look to for spiritual guidance might also be a new source of snark. Are you in the market for a dog? What about one with two noses. Those mean comments you write on newspaper websites like this one? Keep ‘em coming. If you have never seen it, it’s worth taking a minute to relive an amazing rant against badminton. And finally, the recent news of a giraffe named Marius being fed to the lions at a Denmark zoo prompted at least one deranged reporter to wonder: what does giraffe meat really taste like?

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